WERNER BISCHOF (1916–1954) Kalkutta / Calcutta, April 1951

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Product number: AI_10_29715
Starting Price €1,400
Estimate € 2.000 – 2.500
serial number : 24,5 x 20,2
WERNER BISCHOF (1916–1954) Kalkutta / Calcutta, April 1951

Vintage silver print 24,5 x 20,2 cm (9.6 x 8 in) Photographer's agency stamp and various notations on the reverse LITERATURE Marco Bischof (ed.), Werner Bischof. Bilder, Zurich 2006, p. 180; Rosselina Bischof Burri / René Burri (ed.) Werner Bischof, New York 1974, p. 37; Marco Bischof / René Burri (ed.), Werner Bischof 1916-1954, London 1990, p. 101. Vom Ausland geliefertes Getreide wird am Hafen von Kalkutta entladen. Bischofs Fotostory über die Hungersnot in Indien (publiziert in Life, Juni 1951) war sein erster großer internationaler Erfolg. Wheat sent by foreign countries is unloaded at the port of Calcutta. Bischof's photo story covering the famine in India (published in Life, June 1951) was his first international success.

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